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From အ-(a.-, “nominal prefix”) + a component ချင်း(hkyang:) from Proto-Tibeto-Burman*k-yaŋ(“uterus, placenta, cradle, nest”); cognate with Tamang(kohyong, “cradle”) (STEDT).
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Which sense of ချင်း(hkyang:) is this referring to? Doesn't seem to be mentioned by either STEDT or Luce 1981.”
Compare Sanskritआख्यान(ākhyāna, “tale; telling”), Paliākhyāna(“tale; telling”). Otherwise potentially related to Chinese唱 (chàng, “to sing, chant”). MED considers this to be from အ-(a.-, “nominal prefix”) + ချင်း(hkyang:, “reciprocally”).
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to the "go through, penetrate" sense of ချင်း(hkyang:)?”
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to the "reciprocally" sense of ချင်း(hkyang:)?”